China and South Korea should further strengthen cooperation in
various fields, so as to promote the bilateral relations, scholars
and officials from the two countries said.
In the 11th meeting of the Sino-South Korean Forum for Future
held in Wuxi of East China's Jiangsu Province, more than 40
scholars, diplomats and governmental officials from China and South
Korea call for the two countries to strengthen cooperation in such
areas as politics, economy and culture, noting the smooth
development of bilateral relations will also help the development
in Northeastern Asia.
Yang Wenchang, president of the Chinese People's Institute of
Foreign Affairs (CPIFA) addressed the forum that China and South
Korea have established an all-round partnership of cooperation with
joint efforts. The development of bilateral relations has been
proved to be reciprocal to both sides since the establishment of
diplomatic ties 14 years ago.
Yang called on enhancing mutual trust and cooperation and
maintaining regional peace and development.
Representatives from the two sides also exchanged views on such
topics as the situation in Northeastern Asia, China-South Korea
economic cooperation, and the role culture plays in building a
harmonious society and international exchanges.
The forum, jointly hosted by the CPIFA and the Korean Foundation
of South Korea annually, is a major activity to boost
people-to-people exchanges between the two countries. The 11th
meeting lasted for two days and was concluded on Sunday.
(Xinhua News Agency July 3, 2006)
